diff --git a/.changes/loopback-fix.md b/.changes/loopback-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4944a595d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/loopback-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-bundler": patch
+"tauri": patch
+---
+
+Ignoring non UTF-8 characters on the loopback command output.
diff --git a/tauri/src/app/runner.rs b/tauri/src/app/runner.rs
index e7c3f7b9a..94d72fac5 100644
--- a/tauri/src/app/runner.rs
+++ b/tauri/src/app/runner.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fn setup_content() -> crate::Result<Content<String>> {
         panic!("Failed to execute CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -s");
       }
 
-      let output_str = String::from_utf8(exempt_output.stdout)?.to_lowercase();
+      let output_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(exempt_output.stdout).to_lowercase();
       if !output_str.contains("win32webviewhost_cw5n1h2txyewy") {
         println!("Running Loopback command");
         runas::Command::new("powershell")